English or sewed-in bag-frame.



J, LANGE.

ENGLISH 0R SEWEDJN BAG FRAME.

APPLICATION FILED rmm, 1914,

lygp'm Patented Jan. 12, i915.

TNVENTOR'. r vgylmhg'EEE, (//m/ u@ QM @W2/, @v/w40 ATTORNEYS YHE MORRIS PETERS Co., PHoro MT1-1o, WSn/rm/ON D c vUNITED sTATEs PATENT "oEErcE,

JOHN LANGE, OF BLOOMFIELD, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO THE R. NEUMANN HARD- WARE CO., A CORPORATION' 0F NEW' JERSEY.

ENGLISH OVR'VSEWED-IN BAG-FRAME.

' Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan.. 12, 1915.

Application led February 25, 1914. Serial No. 820,793.

eld, in the county of Essex and State of' New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in English or Sewed.

In Bag-Frames; and l `do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such asl will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying draw ings, and to characters` of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The present invention is in the nature of an improvement in the frames for traveling bags, satchels, and other bags; and the invention has reference, more particularly, to a novel construction of bag-frame to be used in the construction of traveling bags, satchels, and other bags, known as English or sewed-in bags.

In the sewed-in bags, as at present manufactured, the stitching or sewing must be doneby hand, the reason for `this being that on account of the employment of the usual angle-irons or kbrackets employed in connection with the frame-members or sections constituting 'the English or sewed-in bag-frame constructions, that continuous sewing from one end of the bag-frame to the other end thereof, by means of the sewing machine is rendered impossible, because the needles of the machine can not be made to pass through the angle-irons `or brackets, so that at these points the operation of the sewing machine must be stopped, and the leather portions of the bag-bodymust be blind-stitched by hand above the metal surfaces of the angle-irons or brackets at such points.

The present invention has for its principal objects to provide an English or sewed-in bag-frame with angle-irons or brackets oit' any desired widths and suficient strength to provide a rigid and strong as well as an eicient bag-frame kof the English or sewed-in type, but the angle-irons or brackets thereof, whether made of metal onother suitable material, being of such a character-thatduring vthe machine-stitching or sewing 1 ofthe leather bag-body to the frame, the needle will readilyk pass directly into and through the angle-irons or brackets, so as to provide a continuous stitching operation from one end of the bag-frame to the other end thereof, without interruption at the points where the angle-irons or brackets are located, and at the same time sewing all leather portions of the bag-body securely in place, and thus overcomingthe necessity of the loose and blind-stitched portions of the bag-body.

My present invention has for its further object to provide an English or sewedin bag-frame which to all appearances is the same as any ordinary English or sewed-in bag-frame, but is provided with angle-irons or brackets of such novel and simple construction and of such widths that a strong bagfframe is produced, the metal or other material of .which the brackets are made being oi such a nature that stitching may be made directly through the brackets, without the least danger of breaking the sewing needles, and that thereby the usual blind-stitching over the'angleirons or brackets is fully avoided.

4The invention has for its further object to generally improve the appearance of English or sewed-in bags, by reason of the continuous stitching of the mouthportions oi' the bag-body to the frame-sections which results in a neat and even ap pearance of the bag-body where secured to the bag-frame.

Other objects of this invention not at this time more .particularly enumerated will be clearly understood from the following detailed description of the present invention.

With the various objects of the present invention in view, the invention consists in the novel arrangements and combinations of the severaldevices and parts, aswell as in the details of the construction of the same, all oi" which will be more fully described in the following specification, and then finally embodied in the clauses of` the claims which are appended to and which form an essential part oit' the said specitication.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 Lis a top Vor plan view of an English orse wedin bag, illustrating more particularly the continuous stitching by means ofy which the leather body-portions of the bag are sewed tothe bag-frame. Fig. 2 is a detail vertical cross-section through the bag-framel and the leather body-portions sewed directly through the angle-irons or brackets of the frame-sections; Fig. 3 is a similar sectional represen- Y tation of the bag-frame, the section being taken directly through the connecting angleirons or brackets; and Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the bag-frame embodying the principles of the present invention.

Similar characters of reference are employed in the above described views, to indicate corresponding parts.

Referring now to the said figures of the drawings, the reference-character 1 indi- Cates any well-known form of English or sewed-in bag, the leather body-portions 2 of which arey secured to the bag-frame 3 by means of the continuous stitching 4. The bag-frame 3 consists of an upper body-section 5 and a loWer body-section 6, both of whirch are pivotally connected or hinged, as at To the body-section 5 are secured, at convenient intervals, by means of rivets 8, or

other suitable fastening means, angle-irons or brackets comprising the flat angular members 9 and 10. To the downwardly projecting members 10 is likewise secured by means of rivets 11, or other suitable fastening means, the side frame-section or plate 12, of any suitable width, and located beneath one of the marginal edges, as 13, of the body-section 5, so 'as to provide a suitablesewing space 14 between the body-section 5 and the said side-section or plate 12. In like manner there are secured to the lower body-section 6, by means of rivets 15, or other suitable fastening means, other angle-irons or brackets comprising the flat angular members 16 and 17. To the downwardly extending members 17 is likewise secured, by means of rivets 18, or other suitable fastening means, the side-frame-section or plate 19, of any suitable width, and located beneath one of the marginal edges, as 20, of the said lower body-section 6, so as to provide an-l other suitable sewing space 21 between the body-section 6 and the said side-section or plate 19.

Referring to Fig. 2 of the drawings, it will be seen that the bag-frame sections are provided with coverings of leather or similar material 22. The leather body-portion 2 of thc bag-body being placed in position, as shown, said portions are sewed fast by the stitching 4 through the sewing spaces 14 and 21 to the said leather or other covering 22. l

As has been stated, the several brackets are made of such suitable material that the needle will pass through the downwardly extending members of the brackets without any danger of breaking the needle, or damage to the sewing machine, and to produce the required strength and rigidity of the frame-sections, the brackets are preferably made of metal and quite wide, but of such consistency that the needle will readily pass through the brackets. In practice I have found that brackets made of zinc are perfectly practicable, but other easily pierced metal brackets may be used, or in place of metal, other material such as stiff fiber may be used. v

From the foregoing description of the present invention it will be seen that I have produced a simply-constructed English or sewed-in bag-frame to which the mouth of the bag-body can be sewed by stitching, continuously from one end of the bag-frame to the other end thereof, thereby producing a neat, quick and easy method of manufacturing English or sewed-in bags, which saves time, labor, and expense, and at the same time produces a bag of neat appearance, and one in which the mouth of the bag-body is sewed fast at all points to the frame-sections of the bag-frame.

I claim A1. `An English or sewed-in bag-frame comprising a pair of frame-sections, brackets connected with said frame-sections, and sideplates also connected with said brackets, said side-plates being placed with relation to the said frame-sections so asl to provide sewing spaces, and the said brackets being of such consistency as to permit sewing div y rectly through the brackets.

2. An English or sewed-in bag-frame comprising a pair of frame-sections, metal brackets connected with said frame-sections, and side-plates also connected with said brackets, said side-plates being placed with relation to the said frame-sections so as to provide sewing spaces, and the metal brackets being of such consistency as to permit sewing directly through the brackets.

3. An English or sewed-in bag-frame comprising a pair of frame-sections, brackets connected with said v frame-sections, and side-plates also connected with said brackets, said side-plates lying in planes at right anglesto the marginal edge-portions of said frame-sections and being placed with relation to said frame-sections so as to provide sewing spaces, and the said brackets being of such consistency as to permit machinestitching directly through the brackets.

4. An English or sewed-in bag-frame comprising a pair of frame-sections, metal brackets connected with said frame-sections, and side-plates also connected with said brackets, said side-plates lying in planes at right angles to the marginal edge-portions of said frame-sections and being placed with relation to said frame-sections so as-to prochineestitching from one end of the framesection Vto the other end thereof and directly through said connecting means.

In testimony,'that I claim the invention'l l set forth above l have hereunto set my hand this 14th day 0I" February, 1914:.

. JOHN LANGE.

Witnesses:

FREDK C. FRAENTZEL,

FREDK H. W. FBAENTZEL.

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